Folding and expanding top wear hanger

ABSTRACT

A novel folding and expanding hanger for narrow neck top wears is comprised of, including but not limited to, a spring, two solid wings, a pivot pin, a hook, and a member connecting the hook and pivot pin. The spring, coiled around at the center of the pivot pin, renders a repulsion force for thrusting the wings to the extended position. The two solid wings are firmly connected to the arms of the spring. The pivot pin is pivotably connected to one end of the two wings. The hook, which has distorted neck, is connected to a member, which has two hands anchored to the pivot pin at both sides of the spring. The hook may be connected directly to a spring, which has two extended wings of 5 to 20 cm long. The other ends of the two wings may be broader than the opposite ends for sustaining the shape of the top wears. The cross sectional shape of the wings is, including but not limited to, a circle, a hemi circle, a pizza slice shape, a triangle, a square, a pentagon, a hexagon and combination of those geometrical shapes. The novel structure of the hanger of this invention enables a user for easy putting of a hanger inside of the narrow neck of, including but not limited to, a round T-neck shirt, a men&#39;s dress shirts after engaging the buttons, a ladies blouse, and other top wears by folding the wings inwardly and push the hanger into the neck of the top wears. The hanger holds the shape of the top wears having narrow neck by simply releasing the wings.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] While hanging a T-shirt on a coat hanger, it is very inconvenientto put the hanger into a top wear through the narrow neck. Most of theusers put the hanger in from the bottom of the top wears. It is thepurpose of this invention to provide a novel hanger easy to put into atop wear through the neck.

[0002] 1. Field of the Invention

[0003] The present invention relates to a one touch folding andexpanding hanger for narrow neck top wears.

[0004] 2. Description of the Prior Art

[0005] U.S. Pat. No. 589,901 to Lincoln and Summerfield, U.S. Pat. No.923,786 to Gerachi, U.S. Pat. No. 959,687 to Altermatt, U.S. Pat. No.2,290,772 to Weingarten, U.S. Pat. No. 2,425,475 to Isaacson, U.S. Pat.No. 2,509,754 to Badalamenti, U.S. Pat. No. 2,518,367 to Oenhallegon,U.S. Pat. No. 2,906,442 to McNutt, U.S. Pat. No. 3,531,028 to Vazquez,U.S. Pat. No. 4,114,786 to Wiese, U.S. Pat. No. 4,117,960 to Bengsch etal., U.S. Pat. No. 4,227,632 to Collis, U.S. Pat. No. 4,813,581, U.S.Pat. No. 4,813,581 to LaMont, and U.S. Pat. No. 4,988,021 to Adams etal. illustrate foldable and collapsible cloths hanger assemblies havinga member that enables folding of the wings. The members of the priorarts are very sophisticate and bulky compared to the simple function ofthe cloths hanger.

[0006] U.S. Pat. No. 1,876,237 to Jackson, U.S. Pat. No. 2,204,871 toParsons, U.S. Pat. No. 3,285,118 to Elkins et al., U.S. Pat. No.3,513,746 to Forsberg, U.S. Pat. No. 4,116,104 to Kennedy illustrateanchor nuts comprised of a butterfly wire spring or ribbon spring, twofolded wings, a pivot pin and a nut. The anchoring nuts of the priorarts utilize short wings to hold weights behind a wall. The wings ofnuts are made of very rigid metal and their cross sectional shape is oneside opened square to sustain the heavy weight. A nut must be located atthe center of the two wings and pivot pin to receive the bolt and let itpass through the nut. Therefore, two pivot pins are needed at the sideof the wings or a pivot pin connected to a nut should be utilized.

[0007] None of the prior arts teaches a folding and expanding hanger fornarrow neck upper wears of this invention comprised of, including butnot limited to, a spring, two solid wings, a pivot pin, a hook, and amember connecting the hook and pivot pin.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0008] It is the purpose of this invention to provide a novel foldingand expanding hanger for narrow neck top wears. It is comprised of,including but not limited to, a spring, two solid wings, a pivot pin, ahook, and a member connecting the hook and pivot pin. The spring, coiledaround at the center of the pivot pin, renders a repulsion force forthrusting the wings to the extended position. The two solid wings haveinner space for receiving the spring. The pivot pin is pivotablyconnected to one end of the two wings. The hook, which has a groove forfinger, is connected to a member, which has two hands anchored to thepivot pin at both sides of the spring. The hook may be connecteddirectly to a spring, which has two extended wings of 5 to 20 cm long.The other ends of two wings may be broader than the opposite ends forsustaining the shape of the upper wears. The cross sectional shape ofthe wings are, including but not limited to, a circle, a hemi circle, apizza slice shape, a triangle, a square, a pentagon, a hexagon andcombination of those geometrical shapes. The novel structure of thehanger of this invention enables a user easily put a hanger into thenarrow neck of, including but not limited to, a round T-neck shirt, abuttoned men's dress shirt, and a ladies blouse by folding the wingsinwardly and push the hanger into the neck of the top wears. Byreleasing the wings, the hanger holds the shape of the top wear.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0009]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of hanger of this invention whenexpanded.

[0010]FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the hanger when folded.

[0011]FIG. 3 is an enlarged drawing of the connections of the hook, thepivot pin, the spring, the hook-holding member, and the wings.

[0012]FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the connections of the pivot pin, thespring, bottom of the hook-holding member, and the wings.

[0013]FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the hangerof this invention when expanded.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0014]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the upper wear hanger (1) of thisinvention when expanded. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the hanger whenfolded. FIG. 3 is an enlarged drawing of the connections of the hook(2), the pivot pin (3), the butterfly wire spring (4), the hook-holdingmember (5), and the wings (6). The hook (2) is connected to the holdingmember (5). The holding member (5) has two arms (7). One end (8) of eacharms are fixed to the pivot pin (3) through the holes (3-1) on the pin(3). A butterfly wire spring (4) is mounted on the central part of thepivot pin (3). The pivot pin (3) is engaged through the two pivot pinholes (10-1) and (10-2). FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the connections ofthe pivot pin (3), the spring (4), bottom of the hook holding member(8), and the wings (6), showing the relative positions of the partsaround the pivot pin (3).

[0015] When a user hold the hanger hook (2) with one hand (11) and pushthe wings (6) at the mark (9) with two fingers (12) of the hand (11),the hanger (1) is folded narrow enough to allow easy access through thenarrow neck (13) of the top wear (14) as shown in FIG. 2. The distortedneck (2-1) receives the left three fingers (12-1) of the hand (11) andprevents the hand from sliding to the backwards. By releasing the wings(6), the hanger (1) returns to the expanded mode in FIG. 1 and maintainsthe shape of the top wear (14).

[0016]FIG. 5 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the hangerof this invention (15). The hanger (15) is comprised of a hook (16) andan extended and deformed ribbon spring (17) or butterfly wire spring(17). The extended wing portion (18) may come from the spring (17) bystretching them. Other light materials such as plastic, tin, aluminum,hard board and wood can be utilized as the extended wing portion (18) byconnecting them to the spring (17) by, including but not limited to,welding, bolting and riveting.

What is claimed is:
 1. A novel folding and expanding hanger for narrowneck top wears is comprised of: a spring, which renders a repulsionforce for thrusting the wings to the extended position; two solid wingshaving an inner space for receiving the spring, and one end of the twowings being pivotably connected by a pivot pin, a hook having double “S”shape neck, and a hook-connected member which has two hands for holdingthe pivot pin.
 2. The hook, in claim 1, is directly connected to thespring.
 3. The spring, in claim 1, is a butterfly wire spring.
 4. Thespring, in claim 1, is a ribbon spring.
 5. The length of the twoextended wings, in claim 1, are in the range of 5 to 20 cm.
 6. The endsof the two wings, in claim 1, are broader than the opposite ends.
 7. Thecross sectional shape of the wings, in claim 1, is a circle.
 8. Thecross sectional shape of the wings, in claim 1, a hemi circle.
 9. Thecross sectional shape of the wings, in claim 1, is a pizza slice shape.10. The cross sectional shape of the wings, in claim 1, is a triangle.11. The cross sectional shape of the wings, in claim 1, is a square. 12.The cross sectional shape of the wings, in claim 1, is a pentagon. 13.The cross sectional shape of the wings, in claim 1, is a hexagon. 14.The wings, in claim 1, are made of plastic.
 15. The wings, in claim 1,are made of tin.
 16. The wings, in claim 1, are made of aluminum. 17.The wings, in claim 1, are made of hard board.
 18. The wings, in claim1, are made of wood.